Tejas Swathandran
Sr Team Lead
Pune,MH
Summary
Well-coordinated Test Lead driven to improve procedures and team effectiveness. Adept at evaluating products for design compliance, sustainability and user-friendliness. Highly productive and resourceful leader bringing 12.3 years of Software Testing experience. Proven skills in completing black, white and grey box tests. Background writing and implementing test cases, developing testing plans and identifying use cases. Fully versed in complete SDLC. Collaborates with cross-functional team members to enhance software package quality.
Adept at deconstructing and planning stories in order to promote improvements to product design and implementation. Excellent relationship-building, organizational and project management skills with a focus on overcoming technical challenges and implementing successful resolutions.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
5
5
years of post-secondary education
2
2
Certificates
Work History
Test Lead
Tech Mahindra
Pune, Maharashtra
09.2013 - Current
- Collaborated with developers and product owners to stay current on product features and intended functionality.
- Wrote and optimized test cases to maximize success of manual software testing with consistent, thorough approaches.
- Defined test strategy for product documentation and diagnostic frameworks.
- Trained new test employees on equipment and company guidelines to promote productive and high-quality work.
- Debugged code and located root causes of problems by reviewing configuration files and logs.
- Interacted with product managers to deliver performance issue resolution reports.
- Worked alongside management to develop testing and improvement plans.
- Recorded test results in [Software], detailing testing processes, results and suggestions for production team.
- Guided team of [Number] testers in [Type] environment, coaching employees to maintain best-in-class testing.
- Developed and executed comprehensive test plans and workforce breakdown structures for complete systems.
- Efficiently executed over [Number] [Type] scripts using [Software].
- Published diagnostic findings in reporting literature to inform stakeholders of product performance.
- Coordinated with offshore development teams, delivering remote lectures on testing techniques, tools and protocols.
- Identified process inefficiencies through gap analysis and outlined sensible solutions.
- Improved business direction by prioritizing customers and implementing changes based on collected feedback.
- Met with stakeholders to establish favorable business relationships and support mutually beneficial interests.
- Analyzed historical testing results to isolate failure patterns for long-term investigation into possible development protocols improvements.
- Recommended changes and corrections to developers for optimal software performance and usability.
- Kept scripts and test cases updated with current requirements.
- Tracked, prioritized and organized defects with [Software], working with development team to facilitate timely corrections.
- Monitored resolution of bugs, tested fixes and helped developers tackle ongoing problems by providing QA perspective.
Sr Software Tester
Mphasis
Pune, Maharashtra
05.2005 - 09.2013
- Developed and executed comprehensive test plans and workforce breakdown structures for complete systems.
- Complied with quality and information security policies and procedures.
- Constructed test environments and designed and executed test plans.
- Provided technical support to development teams and debugged test systems to attain the expected result's.
- Contributed to project plans by providing time-scale estimates.
- Collaborated with Team leads and Business Analyst to design new production test equipment by understanding new products in development.
- Planned, designed and performed manual and functional project testing and reported defects.
- Created comprehensive test plans, test scripts and use cases to support testing objectives.
Education
Master of Science - Information Technology
Sikkim Manipal University
Pune 04.2010 - 09.2012
Bachelor of Commerce - Business Statistics
Pune University
Pune 04.2003 - 10.2005
Skills
Test implementation
Defect monitoring
Manual test case preparation
Agile methodology
Team coordination
Advised team members on appropriate testing actions and decisions
Defined testing and acceptance strategies and determined quality assurance benchmarks
Automation knowledge
Data analysis
Quality assurance
Test case scenarios
Gap analysis
Data Mapping
Operations analysis
Microsoft Office Suite
Test scripts and diagnostics
Failure Analysis
Report writing
Budgeting
Coaching and mentoring
Certification
Salesforce Administrator
Timeline
Salesforce Administrator
11-2021
Test Lead
Tech Mahindra
09.2013 - Current
ISTQB Foundation Leave
07-2012
Master of Science - Information Technology
Sikkim Manipal University
04.2010 - 09.2012
Sr Software Tester
Mphasis
05.2005 - 09.2013
Bachelor of Commerce - Business Statistics
Pune University
04.2003 - 10.2005